Cephalopoda - Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Full reference: J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen. 2006. A new ammonoid fauna from the Gattendorfia-Eocanites Genozone of the Anti-Atlas (Early Carboniferous; Morocco). Fossil Record 9(1):87-129
Belongs to Eocanites according to J. Bockwinkel and V. Ebbighausen 2006
Sister taxa: Eocanites rtbeckeri, Eocanites simplex
Type specimen: MfN MB.C.3840.1, a shell. Its type locality is Jebel Debouaa, Mfis, Bed 9, Tafilalt, Anti-Atlas, which is in a Tournaisian coastal shale in Morocco.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 11.9
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Morocco (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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